[新聞] Royals Acquire Jacob Wallace
By Max Rieper@maxrieper Dec 17, 2022, 12:35am EST
Royals trade Wyatt Mills to Boston for pitcher Jacob Wallace
Boston also designates Eric Hosmer for assignment
The Royals traded pitcher Wyatt Mills to the Boston Red Sox for 24-year-old
right-hander Jacob Wallace. Mills had been designated for assignment earlier
this week to make room for Ryan Yarbrough. To make room for Mills, Boston
designated former Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer for assignment.
Wallace is a New England native, originally selected by the Rockies in the
third round of the 2019 draft out of the University of Connecticut. They
shipped him to Boston in 2020 for outfielder Kevin Pillar. He has worked
almost exclusively as a reliever both in college and in the minors, and had a
3.81 ERA with 76 strikeouts in 56 2 innings at Double-A, but with 49 walks
for a rate of 7.8 per-nine-innings. Fangraphs ranked him the #24 prospect in
the Boston organization before the season, writing that he “brings plenty of
heat, sitting 94-97 mph with a four-seam fastball that has scraped 99 at
times.” He also features a slider with good spin rate and a “solid”
changeup, but that control is a big issue with him.
Mills was acquired from Seattle in the Carlos Santana trade last June and
pitched just 20 2 innings with the Royals, posting a 4.79 ERA with 20
strikeouts. The 27-year-old right-hander has a 6.21 ERA in 42 MLB innings in
his career.
The Red Sox will now have 10 days to trade Hosmer or release him. Any team
that acquires him will only have to pay him the league minimum with the
Padres still paying most of the $39 million owed to him over the next three
years of his contract. The 33-year-old former All-Star and four-time Gold
Glove winner hit .268/.334/.382 last year with eight home runs in 104 games
and was traded mid-season from the Padres to the Red Sox after San Diego
acquired first baseman Josh Bell. He originally signed an eight-year, $144
million contract with San Diego in 2018.
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